Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
"The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching."
From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...
This tapestry, woven by the workshop of Michel Audran (1701-1771) after a design by Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) and Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle (1722-1806), is titled Alceste...
(The statue of Pallas Athena (modified with a beard) in front of Parliament Building, Vienna, Austria, via Creative Commons)
In the ancient Anatolian region...
Sometime between 429-428 BCE, the Peloponnesian League combined its forces to invade the region of Acarnania. Their target was wedged between Aetolia to the...
The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE)
"With energy, diligence,
restraint, and control,
the wise person should make an island
which no flood can overflow."
The Dhammapada (Verses on...
